The case before the court was that of Dred Scott v. Sanford ... found a bright side to the decision and announced, "my hopes were never brighter than now." For Douglass, the decision would ...

After the Supreme Court's decision, the former master's sons purchased Scott and his wife and set them free. Dred Scott died nine months later.

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This is equivalent to declaring that black men map be citizens of the United States, and that the dicta to the contrary in the Dred Scott case are incorrect. We say the dicta and not the decision ...

You know, frankly, in a more hideous way you had that situation prior to the Civil War, in the Dred Scott decision. No, I'm not comparing the two Supreme Courts. What I'm saying is, the Dred Scott ...

There seem to be three camps of people in this country when it comes to reliving U.S. history: Those on the side of embracing ...